Application of a coupled prognostic model to turbulence and dispersion in light-wind stable conditions, with an analytical correction to vertically resolve concentrations near the surface

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-66

  Luhar, Ashok K ^a   Hurley, Peter J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calm winds; Cardington data; Horizontal meandering; Idaho Falls experiment; Mesoscale modelling; Model resolution; Stable boundary layer; TAPM

Indexed keywords

CARDINGTON DATA; HORIZONTAL MEANDERING; MESOSCALE MODELLING; MODEL RESOLUTION; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TAPM;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DISPERSIONS; EXPERIMENTS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISPERSION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; KINETIC ENERGY; LIGHT EFFECT; MAGNITUDE; MASS BALANCE; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RESOLUTION; STABILIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; LIGHT; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857794013     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.01.046     Document Type: Article

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